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  • hedgehog@ttrpg.networktoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•I just lost the game and so did you
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    3 months ago

    When I started playing the game, one of the rules was that if someone else announced they’d lost the game, I didn’t lose. It was only if I thought about it when someone hadn’t lost (within the past 20 minutes) that I would lose. And since you have to announce you’ve lost when you think about it, just whispering “the game” or something similar, when your intent is clearly to get someone to lose the game, is also functionally an announcement of your loss.

    You might say that I’m not playing right, but I’d argue that my version of the game is more mature and functions like a pink elephant challenge (“Don’t think about pink elephants. What are you thinking about?”), giving the game more nuance and depth. Not much, but still. And besides, I’d say that your version of the game is supposed to have that rule, too, and whoever told you about it just forgot to mention it. Maybe because they want you to lose more frequently. Maybe they just didn’t know.

    You’re welcome to play my version of the game.

    Sorry for your loss, but I haven’t lost the game for years.

  • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•Choosing my first printer is driving me mad.English
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    4 months ago

    I think of the Bambu P1S as the inexpensive alternative to the Bambu X1C or a comparable printer from Prusa, at least in terms of print consistency and ease of use.

    My Bambu was my fourth 3D printer (second FDM printer) and it took 3D printing from a frustrating, time consuming hobby to just a thing I do to enable other hobbies. I don’t have to spend time tweaking settings to get a decent print, because the default settings are already good enough. Instead, I can focus on designing models or working with finished prints.

  • hedgehog@ttrpg.networkto3DPrinting@lemmy.world•Is there no good inexpensive CAD software?English
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    4 months ago

    I’ll have to check out both OpenSCAD and Code Comic. Some completely non-CAD DSLs that you might be interested in, since you mentioned GraphViz:

    Mermaid.js does something very similar to Graphviz. There are a couple other similar tools like that out there, but Mermaid is supported in a lot of places natively or as an easy to use plugin, like GitHub Markdown (and other git forges like Forgejo), Hedgedoc, Obsidian, SilverBullet, etc…

    I’d also argue that LaTeX counts, and to a lesser extent, Markdown - compare using them to using Word.

    And reveal.js is an equivalent for slide deck creation that would normally be done with PowerPoint.